Album details

Dark Side of the Moon (#1 Mastering/Holy Grail - Japan for UK First Issue)

Year

1983

Album DR

10

Min. track DR

09

Max. track DR

12

Track DR

111009091110121109
(might not be in original order)

Codec

Apple Lossless (ALAC/MP4/M4A)

Source

CD

Label

Harvest

Label code

Catalog number

CDP 7 46001 2

Bar code

Country

Japan

Comment

Pre-emphasis flags were found in the sub-channels of this CD and the tracks were de-emphasized using the Mac OS X application xACT.app. Then the dynamic range was measured.
This CD release information:
CDP 7 46001 2 Made in Japan
Aluminium center engraving:
CDP 7 46001 2 CP35-3017 31A3
http://pinkfloydarchives.com/DUKCDPF.htm#DSOTM1
with full details of the mastering found here:
from: http://pinkfloydarchives.com/Articles/DSOTMCDM.htm
1) Mastering Number 1 – Sony (Japan) Mastering
Track Peak Levels: 39.9 / 43.3 / 70.1 / 55.2 / 72.3 / 44.5 / 53.9 / 54.6 / 61.2
The very first mastering of Dark Side of the Moon for compact disc. Believed to be done by Sony Records in Japan in the spring of 1983. This mastering was used to produce the very first copies of Dark Side of the Moon on CD, which were Japanese releases with the catalog number CP35-3017 and a black triangle on the label, and a matrix number that did not include a “TO.” These early Dark Side CDs were pressed by CBS / Sony Records at their CD manufacturing plant in Shizuoka Prefecture, Japan for EMI Records. EMI did not have a CD pressing plant in operation at the time, so they outsourced the manufacturing of the CDs to CBS / Sony (keep in mind that these early Sony pressings still say Toshiba/EMI on the labels).
It is believed that this mastering was made from a 15ips reel-to-reel tape copy of the master tape that had been sent to Japan to produce the Dark Side Of The Moon-EMI/Toshiba Records Pro-Use Series vinyl LP album, which was the last vinyl pressing of Dark Side in Japan.
Known releases of mastering #1:
U.K. first issue - Harvest Records, catalog number CDP 7 46001 2, black Harvest label, Made in Japan on label, matrix has CP35-3017 with no “TO”